These three account for 54 percent of the state's welfare caseload.

The data also show that welfare caseloads are down nearly 50 percent.

Today's welfare caseload of 190,000 is the lowest in 21 years.

That $350 million difference is because the state's welfare caseload has fallen more than 7 percent over the last year.

In fact, time limits already cover over 60 percent of the nation's welfare caseload.

The House bill provides $4 billion to pay 80% of states' welfare caseloads.

A state that has cut its welfare caseload since 1995 is given credit toward meeting the work requirement.

Some officials stressed the need simply to cut welfare caseloads.

And the welfare caseload has risen by 300,000 to 1.6 million.

But because of the economic downturn, welfare caseloads increased by 30 percent in the first four years.